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The Electoral Court has dismissed the ANC's application to have Umkhonto Wesizwe de-registered as a political party. The governing party had taken the Independent Electoral Commission to the court over the matter. The court, however, found that the deputy CEO of the electoral body had acted in compliance with the Electoral Commission Act when registering the party. Political analyst, Justice Malala, has described the ANC's failed IEC bid as an […]

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says a wig that was allegedly given to Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula as gratification was recovered at her house during last week's raid. The Speaker of the National Assembly is in hot water over R4.5 million bribery claims. A crime which allegedly occurred during her tenure as the Defence Minister. According to the charge sheet, the Speaker received R2.5 million of the money she had allegedly solicited. […]

A political turmoil is brewing ahead of the much-anticipated general elections, with the country's Parliament Speaker in hot water over corruption claims. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has filed a motion of no confidence against Parliament Speaker, Nosiviwe Mpaisa-Nqakula. The official opposition says anything less than a removal of the Speaker will be a mockery to Parliament and South Africa. The Head of the National Legislature is embroiled in bribery allegations […]

Political analyst, Levy Ndou, says whether guilty or not, the corruption allegations levelled against the Speaker of Parliament, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula are damaging to the image of the ANC and Parliament. Yesterday, Mapisa-Nqakula's Johannesburg home was raided by the NPA's Investigating Directorate as part of their probe dating back to 2017. A former contractor has accused Mapisa-Nqakula of soliciting bribes to the tune of R2.3 million during her tenure as the […]

Community members in Saldanha Bay, in the Western Cape, say they are not surprised by the alleged involvement of Laurentia Lombaard in the disappearance of Joslin Smith. The 32-year-old woman appeared in the Vredenburg Magistrates' Court today on charges of human trafficking and kidnapping. Lombaard joins three other accused including Joslin's mother and her boyfriend. A resident, Diego Diedricks, says Lombard's response to Joslin's disappearance was suspicious. "We went to […]

Bongani Ntanzi has placed songstress, Kelly Khumalo, at the centre of Senzo Meyiwa's murder. He says he was paid at least R45 000 for Meyiwa's life. The High Court in Pretoria has heard the contents of the jaw dropping confession of accused number 1 and 2 today. Yesterday, Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng admitted the confessions as evidence after an almost four-month-long trial within a trial. Ntanzi revealed that he was instructed […]

Former president, Thabo Mbeki, took a swipe at his successor Jacob Zuma, saying his newly-formed party is led by people who tried to destroy the South African Revenue Service (SARS). "You destroy SARS, you destroy the democratic state. And yet there were people who made a decision to do exactly that." Mbeki made the remarks at a student lecture on socio political issues at Unisa yesterday. The MK Party gained […]

Reputation Management Specialist, Dominik Heil, says the  Old Mutual saga has exposed a broader discontent within the insurance company. His remarks comes after the insurance company apologised to South Africans over how it handled its fallout with a client who had dragged it on social media. Sebabatso Molefi put the company on blast after it refused to pay her mother's pension fund, despite a court order. Heil says the incident […]

An official of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has been fire for leaking the ANC and MK Party's lists of candidates. Parties had until Friday last week to submit the lists to the electoral body. In less than a few hours after the deadline, the ANC and MK names of potential lawmakers surfaced on social media, revealing some of the controversial names that could potentially head to parliament after the […]